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Despite the layoffs, Amazon asked the federal government for a totalallotment of 125,000 new H1B visaworkers between 2022 and 2024, while they requested to retain around 90,000.

Similar trends are true forGoogle and Microsoft. Between 2022 and 2024, nearly 60,000 American workers were laid off among the three companies, while thecompanies increased their H1B employees by over 340 percent.

IS THERE A LABOR SHORTAGE?

Ultimately, the entire need forH1B workers is predicated on a supposed domestic worker shortage. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the current native-bornAmerican laborforce participation is around63 percent.

Meanwhile theforeign-bornlabor force participation is a stunning68 percent.

Importantly, per the Wall Street Journal: “…census data show[s]immigrants= who arrived since the start of 2020 aremore than twice as likely to lack a high-school diplomaas U.S.-born workers.(Farm workers etc)

”In January 2007, the overallAmerican labor forceparticipation rate was around66 percent, but hasdeclined to 62.5percent. When you examine the data overall, there is a strong suggestion that thehigh labor force participation among foreign-born workers is actually the causeof the lower rate of participation among native-born workers, pricing them out of the job market through downward pressure on wages.

Additionally, even the big tech companies’ own annual reports suggest they’re not suffering from any significant shortage in skilled labor. Elon Musk’s own Tesla slashed 14 percent of its workforce in 2024.

Generally, a company struggling with fulfilling its labor needs might see a small need to cut workers if it cannot hire to keep up with demand, but far more common is the company hiring instead of laying off workers at all.

___You certainly wouldn’t see around a fifth of a corporation’s labor force being laid off amid a worker shortage__.

In November of 2023, tech-giantApple was sanctioned $25 millionin fines and back pay due toAmerican workers who were discriminated againstin hiring—with the company essentially rigging its recruitment process in favor of foreign workers.

Conclusively,there are excellent arguments for a more fierce O1B recruiting policy, but the idea of expanding H1B visas for foreign workers should be a total non-starter for MAGA. Not only are the arguments for it untrue, but creating more competition for American workers is not even close to the ‘America First’ philosophy.

https://thenationalpulse.com/

Exclusive | The Big Companies Funding Trump’s Inauguration Despite Despite Denouncing J6WSJ

Dec. 24, 2024 9:00 pm.1/2

Only the hateful, Murdoch owned, WSJ would bring up the "fake horror" of J6

((Donald Trump’s 2017 inaugural fund received donations of $1 million or more from 18 companies.)

Four years ago, dozens of companies denounced the invasion of the U.S. Capitol and pledged to withhold support from those who disputed the 2020 election results. Now, many of those companies are lining up to fund Donald Trump’s inauguration.

The Wall Street Journal has identified at least 11 companies and trade associations that are backing the inauguration, which is on track to be the most lucrative ever, after earlier pledging to suspend or reconsider political-action committee donations after Jan. 6.

Ford, Intuit, Toyota and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America are each giving $1 million. Other major donors that made Jan. 6-related pledges include Goldman Sachs, General Motors, Bank of America, AT&T and Stanley Black & Decker.

For Goldman, Intuit, Toyota and PhRMA, this marks the first time in at least a decade that they are supporting an inauguration fund.

After Trump supporters invaded the Capitol in 2021 to protest the results of the presidential election, dozens of companies vowed to rethink their political contributions going forward. Some paused all donations. Others suspended donations to any lawmaker who voted against certifying the 2020 electoral college results. Some simply promised to factor integrity into their donation decisions going forward.

Now, as corporate executives hurry to make inroads with an incoming president whose agenda will have sweeping ramifications for the business world, many of those pledges are a thing of the past.

Most of the companies didn’t comment on the reason for their donation, though some noted that they had given to inaugurations for decades regardless of party. Toyota pointed to a 2022 statement in which it said it was resuming PAC donations but wouldn’t support those who incite violence. A PhRMA spokesperson said the company had “announced a pause on our giving at the time and then subsequently added new criteria to guide our contributions.”

Corporate executives have been flocking to Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Florida resort, in the weeks since the election to meet with the president-elect and his team, in the hopes that building a relationship could make the incoming administration friendlier to their causes. Trump has met with the CEOs of Meta Platforms, Amazon, Google, Pfizer, Eli Lilly and others in recent weeks.

Inauguration officials have told fundraisers that they are on track to raise more than the $107 million they brought in for Trump’s first inauguration. President Biden’s inauguration, in contrast, raised $61 million. Trump’s 2017 inaugural fund received donations of $1 million or more from 18 companies, and this year’s fund is on track to outpace that, people familiar with the fundraising said. The Journal has identified 13 companies that gave $1 million or more so far.

Donors who give $1 million or raise $2 million from others receive six tickets to a series of events in the days leading up to the inauguration, including a reception with cabinet appointees, a “candlelight dinner” with Trump and Melania Trump and a black-tie ball.

Trump aides have said that the fundraising isn’t even really about drawing in money anymore: It is a means for extracting a mea culpa from corporate America for its shunning of Trump. One Trump aide rolled his eyes about tech billionaires “making a pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago” and cutting $1 million checks for the inauguration as if that would patch up prior offenses.

While many companies that paused donations after Jan. 6 had since resumed their giving—including to lawmakers who objected to the 2020 election results—the rush to fund the inauguration is a sign of how far corporate America has swung in anticipation of Trump’s return to the White House.

“People just really want to move forward and move on. The election results were very clear,” said a representative at one of the companies that is changing course and contributing to the inauguration.

Consultants have been advising companies that it is in their interests to support the inauguration and secure a meeting with Trump. “The old saying is, if you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu,” said Kevin Madden, a longtime Republican strategist who said he advises his corporate clients to be proactive in getting involved in policy discussions. “There’s going to be a lot of work being done in 2025 and 2026, and the process starts now.”

The president-elect appears to be reveling in the outreach. “EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE MY FRIEND!!!” he posted on Truth Social last week. (Not reveling idiots, mocking)

https://archive.is/nW9nN

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Do you think a lot more normies have woken up, and what percentage increase? More voters proved it, but I think the awakening has been quickened for sure.